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A recurrent #FolkloreWomen trope is the maiden who outwits an unsuitable or unworthy suitor: 'Donkey Skin / Peau d'Âne' (1970) dir. Jacques Demy.
#SovietFilmWednesday 'The Little Humpbacked Horse / Конёк-Горбуно́к / Konyok Gorbunok' (1947) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano. A classic Soviet animation based on the satirical fairytale poem by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov.
With a whopping 93% of the vote, May 2018's theme will be #Folklore_Transformations. Do join us to share your favourites & please enjoy the remaining #FolkloreFilmPosters in April.
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2 birds; 1 stone: non-USA posters for 'Cinderella' (1950) dir. Geronimi, Luske, Jackson.
#FolkloreFilmPosters
'Frankenstein' (1931) dir. James Whale.
(Poster: French; by Roland Coudon, c. 1931)
#ArtInfluencesFilm
Sirin from 'Sirin and Alkonost' Vikto Vasnetsov, 1896
'Sadko' (1952) dir. Aleksandr Rou
'Bird of Glory' Andrey Shishkin, 2014
We really enjoyed this one: 'Idiots and Angels' (2008) dir. @plymptoons. "It's about an asshole guy who wakes up one morning with wings on his back." #FebruaryAngels
#ShakespeareSunday @HollowCrownFans
Viola - Twelfth Night 1:2
"What country, friends, is this?"
#ShakespeareSunday
"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom."
The Tempest 1:2
What cheeky fellows! A few of the gang from Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film; 'Le Roman de Renard' (1937).
#FolkloreThursday Based on Sergey Aksakov's 1858 fairytale, 'The Scarlet Flower' (1952) dir. Lev Atamanov - Nastenka finds her everyday #clothes are magically transformed into finery.